T[] result = newArray(array, array.length + 1);
    result[0] = element;
    arraycopy(array, 0, result, 1, array.length);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new array that appends {@code element} to {@code array}.
   *
   * @param array the array of elements to prepend
   * @param element the element to append to the end

    checkArgument(array.length > 0);
    long min = array[0];
    for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
      if (array[i] < min) {
        min = array[i];
      }
    }
    return min;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the greatest value present in {@code array}.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of {@code long} values

   *     in the array according to {@link #compare}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code array} is empty
   */
  public static int max(int... array) {
    checkArgument(array.length > 0);
    int max = flip(array[0]);
    for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
      int next = flip(array[i]);
      if (next > max) {
        max = next;
      }
    }

  @CollectionSize.Require(absent = {ZERO, ONE})
  public void testCreateWithDuplicates_nullDuplicatesNotRejected() {
    E[] array = createArrayWithNullElement();
    array[0] = null;
    collection = getSubjectGenerator().create(array);

    List<E> expectedWithDuplicateRemoved = asList(array).subList(1, getNumElements());
    expectContents(expectedWithDuplicateRemoved);
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(absent = {ZERO, ONE})
  public void testCreateWithDuplicates_nullDuplicatesNotRejected() {
    E[] array = createArrayWithNullElement();
    array[0] = null;
    collection = getSubjectGenerator().create(array);

    List<E> expectedWithDuplicateRemoved = asList(array).subList(1, getNumElements());
    expectContents(expectedWithDuplicateRemoved);
  }

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Simple helper class to build a "sparse" array of objects based on the indexes that were added to
 * it. The array will be from 0 to the maximum index given. All non-set indexes will contain null
 * (so it's not really a sparse array, just a pseudo sparse array). The builder can also return a
 * CharEscaper based on the generated array.
 *
 * @author Sven Mawson
 * @since 15.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

    E[] array = (E[]) Iterables.toArray(elements);
    checkElementsNotNull(array);
    Arrays.sort(array, comparator);
    return asImmutableList(array);
  }

  private static <E> List<E> nullCheckedList(Object... array) {
    for (int i = 0, len = array.length; i < len; i++) {
      if (array[i] == null) {
        throw new NullPointerException("at index " + i);

  // The first `size` elements are non-null.
  @VisibleForTesting final transient @Nullable Object[] array;
  private final transient int size;

  RegularImmutableList(@Nullable Object[] array, int size) {
    this.array = array;
    this.size = size;
  }

  @Override
  public int size() {
    return size;
  }

  @Override
  boolean isPartialView() {

    int len = string.length();
    int size = len * count;
    char[] array = new char[size];
    string.getChars(0, len, array, 0);
    int n;
    for (n = len; n < size - n; n <<= 1) {
      System.arraycopy(array, 0, array, n, n);
    }
    System.arraycopy(array, 0, array, n, size - n);
    return new String(array);
  }

    assertSame(
        "toArray(sameSizeE[]) should return the given array", array, collection.toArray(array));
    expectArrayContentsInOrder(getOrderedElements(), array);
  }

  public void testToArray_rightSizedArrayOfObject() {
    Object[] array = new Object[getNumElements()];
    assertSame(
        "toArray(sameSizeObject[]) should return the given array",
        array,